The Good Father

The Good Father

How fatherhood keeps the existential wolves from the door

A viral video with a message worth remembering

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Sam Parker
Sep 06, 2025
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Last weekend we had a naming ceremony for our 8 month old daughter. It’s a plan we hatched about two months after she was born, from the depths of exhaustion and a new, mad love. Although I was raised Catholic, neither Jessie or I are religious so a traditional christening was out of the question. Instead we threw a party at home and asked our family an…

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